ok, so yesterday after i finished the timing belt i drove to san diego and back (im in LA) approximately 4 hours straight, i drive really hard and really fast...
this morning, i had to run some errands, and i drove approximately 30 miles round trip, (my car started acting funny when i was only a mile or so away on my way back)
so i don't think it would have been a timing belt issue, otherwise it would have surfaced sooner??
regardless, i checked everything out.... everything seems to be in good order... im pretty comfortable around engines, and even more so with my camry.... but like i said, i did look over all the suggested areas...
(i let her sit for a couple of hours)
then i threw in another quart of transmission fluid and turned her over...
voila, problem fixed.... goes into drive and reverse no problem.... or so i think...
i take her around the block hit about 50 mph... not a problem....
take her on the freeway, 80 mph... handles like a champ....
last quarter of a mile to my house, uphill, she craps out after i stop at the light....
so i turn on the hazards, and repeat what i did earlier... turn off the car, wait 10 seconds, turn her over, drive 20-30 feet, repeat
as long as i kept her under 2000 rpm, she drove fine, even shifted up the gears....
any theories...
maybe a tranny leak??
ill look for a puddle under my car tomorrow then i can start tinkering around...
... joy....
so you guys can get a feel of what im working with.....
181 k miles, beat the hell up, a dozen accidents or so fender benders really.. (and yes she still drives in a straight line) ive replaced my radiator core support a couple of times, along with the radiator, also on my second or third set of front quarter panels, im on my third or fourth hood, (one flew off on the freeway, i shit you not....) second trunk, pounded out the rear quarter panels... have no idea how many front bumper covers and bumpers i have had to buy, but im pretty sure im only on my second rear bumper cover/bumper....
had to replace and repair some windows (vandals), second or third set of rotors, im on my second set of drive shafts, along with axle arms, basically the car has been torn down and rebuilt several time collectively over the last 7 years or so of me owning her...
and yes she is as multi colored as the rainbow...
in terms of hopups, i have tokikos (however you spell that) on eibachs, lowered 1.2 inches, sagged to about 1.75 (probably means my struts are blown
)
custom short ram coldair intake, (fancy words for a piece of mendrel bent tubing with a hole in it for the sensor, connected directly to the airbox with a k&n stock replacement filter, painted with some high temp paint... enlarged and mutilated stock airways to act as a ram, and allow for more air)...also a custom catback exhaust (custom in the sense, i bought some mendrel bent tubing and welded it all together,) on a racing muffler, (forget the brand, emission compliant) .. also bypassed the intakes manifold coolant tubes, and some beafed up grounding wires... stereo with some subs...
im sure im missing some other minor things i have done...
ive done everything myself, the driving maintenance, crashing and repair....
(ill take some pictures of her for you guys when i get the chance..)
your typical "tuner" camry...
-james
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